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Dr. Buckminster's 



DISCOURSE, 

■ 

DELIVERED AT THE INTERMENT QE 



R. & MRS, HAVEN a 



AND 



Rev. Mr. NeaPs Monody 



ON THEIR DEATHS, 






DISCOURSE, 

DELIVERED IN THE 

South Church in Portsmouth^ 

AT THE INTERMENT OF THE 

Rev. SAMUEL HAVEN, d. i>« 

^vVhe^departed this Life March 3, 1806, in the 79th Y§£T 
of" his Age, and 54th .of his Ministry. 

AND OF HIS WIFE, 

Mrs- MARGARET HAVEN, 

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Who survived her Husband about thirty-sis hours* 

By Joseph Buckminstkr^ D* JO< 



XJf THEIR I>EATH TMMT WEM& JYOT BIVIMMD. 

OJDEJTH, I WILL. BE Til J PLJQUMS. 

Hosea, 2ui2>-s£r. 

jS&q, a MONODY <m their Bmih^ . 

BY REV, 3AMES AIThEAI*, 



PRINTED BY 

W. & D. TREADWELL* 
PORTSMOUTH, H.K.. 



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TO THE 

Greatly Afflicted and Mourning Fathifo± 

WHO, BY SO UNCOMMON A PROVIDENCE, 
ARE AT ONCE DEPRIVED 

Of both their, Parents^ 

THE FOLLOWING DISCOURSE, 
PREPARED BY THEIR DESIRE, AND 
NOW PUBLISHED AT THEIR REQUEST* 
< IS, WITH SENTIMENTS 

OF THE TENDEREST SYMPATHY ANI£ 
DEEPEST CONDOLENCE, INSCRIBED, 
BY THEIR SINCERE FRIEND, 
AND SERVANT 
IN THE GOSPEL, 

The Author. 







DISCOURSE. 



Acts iv, pajit of xssvi verse, 
Ti/J2 SOJV OF CONSOLATION. 

1 O contemplate the works of God, to walk wit!*, 
him in his providence, by a due notice and improve- 
ment of his dispensations, is the duty and privilege of. 
man ; and will be the delightful endeavor of the watch- 
ful christian. They, who regard not the works of the 
Lord, nor consider the operation of his hand, are mark* 
cd by inspiration with the brand of folly and impiety, 
and pointed is the censure, from the lips of the prophet, 
upon su<:h as can see the righteous perifh, and merciful 
men taken away, without trembling emotion for the 
evils that are probably coming upon the earth. But, while 
the christian and philosopher are pushing their researches 
into the great and marvellous works of God, and survey- 
ing those regions where the slightest observer cannot but 
see the handy work of God ; while they notice the fall of 
Empires, and the desolations that attend the revolutions 
in kingdoms, are they sufficiently careful to regard the 
minor events of providence; and to survey with the eye of 
adoring attention, the more delicate yet not less wonderful, 
displays of wisdom, power, and goodness in objects that 
are nearer home, that are familiar to us, and for this very 

reason perhaps overlooked? To instance but in one, li 

not 



not the uniformity and diversify in the organs and fea«* . 
lures of the human body a subject of wonderful contemn 
tjlation, in which the wisdom and goodness of God are 
marvellously displayed ? Every individual of the human 
family is furnished with the same organs, limbs, and sen-* 
ses j yer, in everj cn»e. there is such diversity of feature, 
such shades of difference ane} distinction,,, that each is 
distinguishable from all others, and social confusion and 
injury are avoided. What wisdom and goodness, what 
consummate skill and energy does this single circumstance . 
display 1 ff we carry our attention to the inward man^ 
cause for wonder and admiration is increased. In eve- . 
ry human mind, there are the same intellectual and mor- 
al powers and faculties, yet they are in such different 
degrees of strength and perfection, and attended with 
such shades of distinction in taste, genius, and disposi- 
tion, that no one can say to his brother, * s I have no^ 
need of you,' a for they are designed to minister recipro- 
cally to each others defects, in the various stations and., 
grad.es of life i and in their combined characters they ex- 
hibit: a perfect whole, displaying the glory of. God, and,-. 
proclaiming his tender- attention tathe interest and* 
happiness of. man* 

Tliis wisdom of God. discoverable in a general view 
of man, is to be traced in the different departments in-* 
to which the family is divided* We see,, in the diversifi- 
ed walks of life, different talents, tastes^ genius, and dispo- 
sitions, presiding in the civil, secular, and religious affairs. , 
of men* What difference of character do we find a-. 
mong the ancient Prophets ? what shades of distinction. 



among 



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"teofig their minor brethren ? but the remark 'received 
its clearest illustration from the appropriate family of otir 
tkrvine Lord and Master, 

Though the blessed Jesus, for reasons that were para- 
mount to every other consideration, chose the most 61 
his disciples, whom he designed for the first Ministers of 
lis kingdom, from the lower and unlettered stations in, 
Mfe, yet, they comprised and combined a great diversity 
of talent, genius, and disposition, To seme of these* 
fce gave surnames, suggested by their discriminating 
qualities, descriptive of their genius and dispositions, or 
of the character they would support in their ministerial 
service. To Simon he gave the surname of Peter, to 
denote -qualities for which he was eminent, and the use 
that should be made of him, when, recovered from" his 
fall, he should strengthen his brethren. James -and John 
he surnamed Boanerges, sons of thunder, indicating the 
powerful* awakening, and impressive manner, in which 
they should preach the gospel, overturn idol temples, 
and demolish the strong holds of sin and Satan. Si- 
mon the canaanite he called Zelotees, from the warmth 
of his natural temper, and the zeal with which he should 
jperform the duties of his office, in laboring to spread 
the gospel of the kingdom. This example of the Savior 
was, in some instances, followed by his disciples, after 
he was taken from them, and gave occasion for the words 
of the text. 

Joses, or Joseph, who was probably one of the seven- 
ty disciples, whom the Savior commiffioned in the days 
of his ministry, to preach the gospel m the places where 



he intended to follow, greatly recommended himself to* 
the Apostles, by the disposition and talents, that he dis- 
covered in ministerial service, and the kindness and com- 
passion which he exercised towards the poor and afflicted* 
He was much employed by the Apostles in visiting those 
places where the gospel was preached with awakening ef- 
fect, and where there was special occasion for a skillful 
band to direct and comfort those that were alarmed 
and distressed with a sense of their guilt and danger. 
€C When tidings came to the church at Jerusalem, that 
Antioch had received the word of the Gospel" the Apos- 
tles sent forth this beloved brother to comfort and es- 
tablish them. Illustrative of his appropriate character, 
and expressive of the high esteem in which they held his 
ministerial talents, they surnamed him Barnabas. The 
hellenist Jews, (as -Grotius observes) used the word, by 
i-vhich this name is interpreted, to express prayer, and es- 
pecially, eminence in devotion. In another dialect the 
name signified, the son of prophecy, or exhortation, and it 
is pertinently given to those that are eminent in that kind 
of prophesying, by which the Apostles express preach- 
ing the gospel, and persuading sinners to be reconciled 
to God, But the name, interpreted from the Syriac lan- 
guage, (as Dr. Doddridge notes) signifies, a son of conso- 
lation, one eminent for ability and skill in comforting 
the Lord's People, speaking a word in season to him 
that is weary, and binding up and healing wounded and 
troubled consciences. The history of Barnabas, in the 
several sketches that are given of him in the scriptures, 
proves the pertinency and propriety of his surname, in 



9 

its several significations. He was the son of 'prayer, T>f 
-prophecy, and of consolation. Admirable qualities these 
for a minister of the gospel and such as are rarely found 
in eminence, in one character - 3 where they are united* 
the subject ought to consider himself highly favored and 
distinguished of God. The church who enjoys the 
union of such talents in their minister have much to 
prize, and much to fear, for they have much for which, 
they must answer another day. 

All the gifts of the gospel are from one source, and 
all ministerial gifts are bestowed with one design, to 
profit the church and people of God. They are, how- 
ever, ordinarily distributed in a diversified proportion, 
and few individuals are eminent in many of them. As 
the extraordinary gifts were distributed among the first: 
ministers and christians, " To one was given by the 
Spirit the word of wisdom -, to another faith, by the 
same spirit ; to another the gifts of healing -, to another 
miracles ; to another divers kinds of tongues," &c. to 
distinguish them from each other, to render them recip- 
rocally subservient to the supply of each other's defects, 
and combinedly perfect to the great object of their wish- 
es, the establishment of the gospel 3 so, the ordinary, 
gifts of the spirit are distributed among the ordinary 
ministers of the gospel, ' that their invariable defects 
may be balanced by their invariable excellencies, that 
brother and brother may reciprocally minister to each 
other's honor and usefulness, and no one boast against - 
his fellow laborer. " The eye cannot say to the hand, 
I have no need of thee ; -nor again the head to the feet, " 
I have no need of you." 



to 

in a character designed for an ordinary ambassador of 
Christ, whose special duty it is " to perfect the saints, to 
edify the body of Christ," and perpetuate the church* 
through successive ages and generations, by ' espousing 
souls to Christ,' and 6 persuading sinners to be reconciled 
to God ; ! no gifts or qualifications are more important 
than those which are signified by the appropriate name, 
interpreted in our text, the son of consolation : other 
gifts and graces may command more respect, and raise 
the subject higher in the roll of fame, but there are none 
that ought to endear the subject more to the hearts of 
men ; or, that render him more useful in the ofHce of the 
ministry. 

One prominent duty of the ministry is to lead the de- 
votions of men, on stated and on special occasions, to 
be the organ of the assembly to God in prayer. How 
valuable, how desirable to this duty to possess the gift, 
the grace, as well as the spirit of prayer § to be able^ 
with appropriate and impressive sentiment, clothed in 
pertinent and expressive language, to accommodate our- 
selves to the occasion ; and, with the humble spirit of 
dvotion, so to lead our fellow worshippers into the pre- 
sence chamber of Deity, and to the footstool of his 
throne 5 that, while we truly unbosom ourselves and pre- 
sent our own hearts before him, they should, at the same 
time, feel as if we were only unbosoming and preventing 
theirs. " As in water face answers to face, so does the 
heart of man to man." " And words fitly spoken are ? 
like apples of gold in pictures of silver/' Men may do 
much towards qualifying themselves for the acceptable 

and 



II 



and profitable performance of this duty, by study and 
labor with reference to it y and, particularly, by praying 
snuch and often in their secret chambers, but after all, 
there is that in the gift and grace of prayer, which no 
art or labor can. equal or imitate. 

To preach the unsearchable riches of Christ, to opea 
and explain the great doctrines of the gospel— and to 
declare the whole counsel of God ; is another most im- 
portant duty of the ordinary ministry. Yet the object 
is not to excite wonder and surprize, by the astonishing 
themes ; nor merely to awaken admiration at the mystery 
of godliness, or the unfathomable depths which it opens 
to view ; nor yet to, excite speculation and curious inqui- 
ry ; but the end and design of all is, to bring sinners to 
love and esteem the Author of these mercies* the pur- 
chaser and revealer of this grace to men ; to persuade 
them to venture theirsouls upon him, to believe in him, 
to be reconciled to God through him and bring forth those 
" fruits of righteousness, which are, by Jesus Christ, to 
the praise and glory of G od, " and the evidence of their 
title to these blessings. Easy, comparatively, would be 
the duty of ministers, if it were half performed, when 
men had obtained a just speculative acquaintance with 
the truth, and were well indoctrinated in the principles 
of the oracles of God > but this is the labor i to persuade 
men to conform to what they do know, to submit 
to the authority and influence of truth, and '■ to obey 
from the heart, that form of doctrine 8 whose truth and 
excellency they speculatively believe : here all the arts of 
persuasion are necessary, all the powers of eloquence are 
desirable j but the fire of a Paul, the sweetaejss of an Apol- 



12- 

Us, the soothfng of a Barnabas, and the affection cf a John* 
will all be ineffectual without the concurring influences 
of the divine spirit. They, however, are most likely to 
succeed, who possess a talent of exhortation and persua- 
sion, who readily discern, and sensibly feel the most per- 
tinent and forcible motives and arguments, who know: . 
the commanding springs of the human heart and pas-, 
sions, and who, have a facility and address at touching, 
them, and winding themselves into them, this is a most, 
desirable gift and qualification for a minister. 

But as the great head of the church was anointed^ 
not only to preach the gospel to the poor, but to bind 
tip the broken hearted, to comfort those that mourn, 
so it is the office of his ministers, and an important part 
of their duty, to assist sinners in their spiritual exercises, 
and to deal with troubled and awakened consciences. As 
the world is become guilty before God j and those to 

whom we are sent are dead in trespasses and sins, and 
*. * 

must be awakened, alarmed and quickened before they 
can be recovered to the life and favor of God, so the suc- 
cessful minister of Jesus Christ will have much to do, with 
awakened and convinced sinners, with alarmed and dis- 
tressed consciences, with dejected and desponding saints, 
with tempted and tried souls. How desirable, how 
happy to possess the talents of directing aright these va- 
rious characters in their deversified trials r To know 
how to speak a word in season to him that is weary, and 
to comfort the feeble minded ; to be able to pour the 
oil and wine of the gospel, with sympathy and effect^ 
Into the wounded and troubled consciences, will secure 

the 



*3 

the blessing of many ready to perish, and prove the miiv. 
ister "an interpreter one among a thousand. 5 ' When 
God's ancient prophets had sounded the alarm to his re- 
bellious and backsliding people, and had denounced the 
judgments which their iniquities had provoked God to 
inflict, they were ordered to comfort and refresh them 
with words of consolation. " Comfort ye, comfort ye 
my people, saith the Lord, speak ye comfortably to Je- 
rusalem, and say unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, 
her sin is pardoned, for she hath received at the Lord's 
hand double for ail her sins." The Lord wounds to 
heal, and bruises that he may bind up, and though it is 
desirable in his ministers to. know how to wield the sword 
of the spirit, and proclaim with effect ' the terrors of the 
Lord,' yet it is, in some respects ; more desirable to be 
able to speak to the relief of those that are already 
wounded, and skilfully " heal the hurt of the daughter 
gi God's people." 

From the public or private conferences of the minis- 
ter, with souls in spiritual troubles, we must follow him 
to the abodes of affliction. Much of his duty lies in 
the chambers of the sick, by the couches of the dying, 
and in the sequestered retreat of the bereaved and sor- 
rowful. The sick are directed to send for the elders of 
the church, that they may enjoy the benefit of their in- 
struction and prayers. To weep with them that weep 
is the office of humanity, and the duty of christians, in 
which however the minister should c be an example to 
believers.' When the fallow ground is broken by the 
harrow of adversity, and the hard sods are softened by 

the 



p* 

the dews of grief, and the tears of sorrow, there is a flat*. 
tering hope that the good seed of the word may be sown 
with success, and that neither the birds of the air, nor 
the distracting cares of life shall prevent an harvest, 
Happy the minister who is able to animate his diligence 
in such scenes by a tender and feeling heart, which readily 
enters into the anxieties of others, and takes a part in 
all their sufferings; and who can accompany his diligence 
with facility and address in administering instruction* 
support and. consolation ; and in directing the tears into 
the right channel, that they may be lost only in the bo- 
som of our dear Emmanuel, and dried up by the comforts, 
which he administers. These were emiaent traits in the 
character of Barnabas, rendering him singularly useful 
to the church of God, and intitling him to this appro- 
priate name among his brethren. Happy, the minister 
who resembles him, though at humble distance, and 
happy the people who enjoy such gifts. 

But, whatever distinctions there are among mankind, 
however diversified their bodily features, or intellectual 
endowments, whatever difference there may be in exter- 
nal circumstances, in natural or acquired accomplish- 
ments, in temper, genius, or disposition, or in qualifica- 
tions to subserve the interest or comfort of their fellow- 
men, there is one solemn and humiliating particular 
common to them all, in which no one has the preemi- 
nence above his brother. They are all the sons of mor- 
tality, the certain prey of disease and death : By one man 
sin entered into the world, and death by sin, and so 
death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. " 



*5 

* 6 It is appointed unto all men once to die, and after 
death the judgment." There is no discharge in the 
human warfare. To this mighty conquerer, this uni- 
versal leveller, " The man of might, and the man of 
war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and 
the ancient, the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, 
and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the 
eloquent orator,'' have all submitted. These charac- 
ters of renown in every region, and in every successive 
generation, have swelled the triumphs of the king of 
terrors. " Our fathers, where are they ? and the proph- 
ets, do they live forever ?" Abraham, the father of 
the faithful, and the friend of God, is dead. MoseS 
and the prophets are dead. The apostles, the first min- 
isters of Christ's kingdom, who had power to heal disea- 
ses, are dead. His ordinary ministers have fallen in eve- 
ry successive age, and are now not suffered to continue, 
by reason of death. They who have spoken, to others 
the word of life, and, by the accompanying influences 
of the holy spirit, have been instrumental of quickening 
others into spiritual life, have had no power over their 
own c? spirit, to retain the spirit^ neither have they 
had power in the day of death." They, who have had 
jpower with God in prayer, and have prevailed to call 
back a trembling fellow mortal, froth the brink of death 
and the borders of eternity, and to procure for him & 
lengthened day of probation, have found no place for 
their prayers when their own life has been the subject. 
And they, who by the charms of sympathy, and the 

soothings 



i]6 

southings of consolation, have enlightened the darkness 
of death, and almost chased away its horrors from the 
house of mourning, have been obliged to enter the dark 
valley alone, and leave their bereaved friends to need the 
consolations they have administered to others. 

The solemn event that has summoned us to the house 
of God, and the melancholly and affecting scene, that is 
exhibited within these walls, are a striking illustration of 
the foregoing remarks, and an impressive comment 
upon them. The aged and venerable Pastor of this 
church is dead's his remains lie before us, covered with 
the habiliments of death. This house, which has so of- 
ten been cheered with his presence, and enlivened by his 
voice, now contains his clay cold body, a spectacle nei- 
ther of delight nor comfort ; to which appertains nei- 
ther voice nor hearing. And this desk, which has so of- 
ten exhibited him to you, in the engaging character and 
attitude of an ambassador of Christ, beseeching sinners 
to be reconciled to God, will soon conceal him forever 
from your sight.* Your respected Pastor, our Father 
and fellow laborer in the gospel, notwithstanding all his 
distinguished qualities natural and acquired, is fallen in 
death. The eye that hath seen him, and this place that 
hath known him, must know him no more forever. 
Among the various traits of character ; with which our 
departed friend was distinguished, there was perhaps no 

one 

* Dr. Haven, several years since, had prepared for himself a fam- 
ily tomb, directly under the desk where he had so long preached. To 
this, in his life time, he removed the remains of his first wife, a son, 
in law, and several grand children were carried there before him, but 
he reserved for himself a particular place in which he wished his r«« 
mains might be deposited* 



One in which he shone more conspicuously among hia 
brethren, than in that in which Joses excelled, and toe 
which he was surnamed Barnabas, among the apostles* 
It Dr. Haven's character were to be designated by a single 
feature, or comprised in a single sentence, it would be on- 
ly to repeat the words of our text, and stile him, the ' 
zon of consolation. • - 

Thus far had I proceeded in an attempt to prepare 
for the funeral solemnities of Dr. Haven, when my spir- 
its, depressed with scenes of affliction, and my frail na- 
ture exhausted with uncommon fatigue, called for re- 
pose. I resigned myself to sleep ; but it was only to be 
awaked to scenes of deeper woe, to more arduous, and 
more painful duty. The nightly summons at my door 
roused me from my slumbers, and the plaintive voice 
of affliction, said, " zvillyou come to our house, my mother 
is dying /" I arrived as soon as possible, but only soon 
enough to see the last moments of the expiring relict of 
your already expired pastor ; to commend her departing 
spirit to God, and witness a scene of distress which I 
must leave you to imagine ; language is too poor to de- 
scribe it. Then I wished ' for the tongue of the learn- 
ed,' that I might have spoken a word in season to those 
whom God had wounded. But what is human sympa- 
thy or condolence in such unexpected, renewed distress. 
The son of consolation would have found all his pow- 
ers fail. " Miserable comforters are we all." God on- 
ly can support in such scenes, — Jesus alone can hush such 

agitation 
C 



fat ion. The divine Comforter must soothe such anguish. 
My brethren, what shall we say to these things ? Is 
not the voice of Providence uncommonly deep, loud, 
and sole ma ? Does it not cry to this city, " hear ye 
the rod, and him that hath appointed it ?" God has 
passed before us, in the course of a few months, in an 
unusual series of sudden and unexpected deaths ; and 
an uncommon proportion of them has been from his 
professing and praying family. Judgment seems to 
have begun at the house of God ; and what shall the 
end be of those, who regard not this work of the Lord, 
who do not consider this operation of his hands, and- 
lay to heart his alarming dispensations ? But the provi- 
dence that has now called us together is attended with 
circumstances singularly affecting. If it is not a new 
thing under the sun, it presents a scene that has rarely 
been exhibited, even in this dying world. Behold ! 
both the heads of a family ; of a minister's family, a 
husband and a wife, lying side by side in that aisle ; rea- 
dy to accompany each to the grave, and to lie down 
together in the dust 1 That the wife should so soon 
follow her husband, whom she had been able to attend 
in all his sickness, to watch in all his distress, to whom 
she was able to minister in his expiring moments, and 
perform the last kind offices of affection -, and for whose 
funeral solemnities . she was preparing the crape and 
the sackcloth, is an event as singular as it is solemn. 
The crape and the sackcloth are exchanged for the 
winding shroud ; and the heart, oppressed with sorrow* 

which 



which anticipated with anxiety the solemnities of thj|- 
hour, is insensible to the scene, that it would have been 
scarcely able to support i but how greatly is this hour, 
heightened in its anguish, and deepened in its gloom, to 
the surviving mourners, by that very, circumstance,, 
which has rescued her from any part in it.* " God's 
judgments are a great deep ; his ways past finding out." 
«*. Clouds and darkness are round, about him, but jus- 
tice and judgment are the habitation of his throne, and 
mercy and truth go before his face.'*" 

In this sovereign language does God speak to us in 
these providences— "Be still and know that I am God." 
Let us emulate the submissive spirit of the psalmist, 
and in his language answer, " I am dumb, I open not 
my mouth because thou Lord hast done it." His lan- 
guage is to us, " Will ye not fear me, saith the Lord ? 
will ye not tremble at my judgments." Let us prac- 
tically answer, " Our flesh trembleth for fear of thee, we 
are afraid of thy displeasure." J-Jis language is to us, 

" I 

* Mrs. Haven, for several months before her husband's death, seem- 
ed not to enjoy her usual state of health, and, for several weeks, wa$ 
frequently exercised with a great degree of faintness which sometimes 
proceeded so far as to deprive her of sensation. This was supposed 
the result of the great interruption of her regular repose, and of her 
.constant anxiety and attention j few persons were ever formed to 
equal her in anxiety and attention to the sick and afflicted, and none 
to exceed her in active exertions, or a willingness to expose themselves 
for their relief. 

When the Doctor died, there was no apprehension that she was 
more unwell than usual. The day following, she was taken with a 
great degree of nausea, which produced a constant, disposition to resch 
and puke. Her symptoms however did not excite any considerable 
degree of alarm till 7 o'clock, on Tuesday evening, when colliquative 
sweats, attended with violent pain in the umbilical region, convinced 
her physicians that' her case was critical. The most assiduous and 
skilful applications afforded no relief ; they availed nothing to check 
the alarming progress of her complaint. She lived till about four 
o'clock on \\ ednesday morning, when, without a struggle, she fell 
asleep. 



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" I kill and I make alive, I, wound and I heal, neither h 
there any that can deliver out of my hand." Let us en- 
deavor to respond in tile submissive accents of threaten- 
ed Eli. " It is the Lord, let him do what seemeth him 
good." In milder accents God proceeds and says. 
*' What I do thou knowest not, now but thou shale 
know hereafter ;** may we be able to reply in the exercise* 
of faith, " Fulfil thy word unto thy servants, upon 
which thou hast caused us to hope. 5 ' With the admo- 
nitions of. a friend, God' is still farther speaking to us, 
and these are his accents, " Be ye also ready, for, in 
such an hour as you think not, the son of man cometh ? 
may our supplicatory reply be, " Lord so teach us to 
number our days that we may apply our hearts to wis- 
dom," and, "when our Lord comes be found so do- 

While the sovereign Lord of life may be supposed to 
address us all, in the preceding varied language of uni- 
form solemnity, and the voice of his trumpet waxes lon- 
ger and louder, do we not hear from 'the mourning cir- 
cle that surrounds those biers, these pensive, plaintive 
accents, cc Behold and see if there be any sorrow like un- 
to our sorrow !" " Pity us, pity us, O ye our friends, 
for the hand of God hath touched us." We do pity 
;ou, our weeping friends - 9 we feel an uncommonness 
n the occasion of your grief. God has broken you 
nth " breach upon breach," and caused his " clouds 
) return after the rain." To his compassions we com- 
lend you, his mercy we implore for you, in this day of 
our calamity, may his arm support you, and his com- 
rts soothe your anguish. Yo 



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To be left fatherless, the age and increasing infirmi-. 
ties of your, father have, for a considerable time, taught 
you to expect^ He had lived as long as life could be 
desirable to him, and long as any thing, but the ties of 
natural affection, could wish him to live. "He is 
come to his grave in a good old age ; an old man, and 
full of days." • But to have been left orphans, to have 
both parents at once taken from your head, you had no 
reason to expect ; it is an event as uncommon as it is 
affecting. This enlarges the cup of your sorrow, throws 
a deeper shade into, your affliction, and swells the tide 
of your grief : but may it not at the same time lessen 
some of the bitter ingredients in your cup, and bring a 
gleam of light into your darkness ? You loved your 
mother, you felt for her, and your hearts were pained 
with the prospect of the lonely days of widowhood, 
which were opening before her. She is rescued from 
this evil, c the days of her tribulation are shortened.' 
Instead of mourning a departed husband, surviving 
alone, pensive and solitary ; living only upon the re- 
membrance of joys that are past, she accompanies hira 
to the grave, and, we hope and trust, meets him in hea- 
ven. From these blessed abodes, could your parents 
now address you, would they not say, " Weep not for 
" us — and while you weep for yourselves, under your 
" uncommon bereavement, remember the counsels and 
cc instructions, the cautions and consolations, which we 
" administered to you while living ; let your sorrows be 
" regulated and sanctified by religion, and your tears 
Sf be turned into the channel of godly sorrow, that the 

" arms 



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C5 arms of ; everlasting mercy may. embrace you, your 
cs tears be dried up on the bosom of your, Savior, and a 
"thousand,, thousand blessings rest on your heads, till 
" you come to this world of lights and learn the /a// 
"import of the blessings we have asked for you.'* 
What ypiix parents cannot say to you, God says to you 
in his word, may he give the hearing ear, and a heart 
to receive his comforts, " When trouble is near I will 
not be afar off.' ' "A Father to the fatherless, is God 
in his holy habitation/ 3 In me the fatherless find mer- 
cy." " I, will not leave you orphans, I will come to 
you," and ^ when father and mother forsake you then 
the Lord, will take you up." Let. these gracious 
declarations, dwell upon your minds to soothe your 
sorrow, and blunt the edge of your grief. 

Though much is taken from you, your all is not gone. 
Jesus still lives, by whom the streams that are dried up 
were supplied and made refreshing. You are yourselves 
a numerous circle, distinguished in providence by the 
blessings of the present life - % your fraternal affection, 
and reciprocal condolence will soften sorrow. You have 
numerous sympathising friends, who will bear you on 
the arms of prayer and compassion. But more than these, 
" we have an High Priest, who is touched with a fee- 
ling of our infirmities, and who knows how to succour 
and deliver them that are tempted." 

Have you not reason of thankfulness that you have 
been favored with fuch progenitors ? with parents and 
grand parents, who have been careful for your interest 
both here and hereafter ? whosedoctrinehasdroppedasthe 

rain 5 and their fpeech and counsel distilled upon you as 

the 



the due j to whose reputation and example you rhaylook 
■tap with comfort ; who have prayed for you, prayed with 
you, and taught you to pray ; bequeathing to you all, 
a legacy of these spiritual riches, which is infinitely'more 
Valuable than any earthly bequest. Let none of the de- 
scendants of praying parents cut off the entail of blessings, 
or tarnish the lustre df their descent, and the glory of 
their ancestors, by neglecting family Worship in their owa 
houses, or suffering the flame of devotion to expire, or 
burn dim, on their family altars/* You have great 
■cause of thankfulness, under your uncommon visitation 
that the lives of your parents have been continued so 
long, that you have all of you passed those peculiarly 

■dependent and helpless years, in which the guardian arm 

of 

* If this remark should meet the eye of any 'who are conscious that 
they are implicated in it, they are ihtreated to consider, how much 
•iftore inexcusable they are. in neglecting to honor God in this most rea- 
sonable service, than others who have not the advantage of example 
and instruction in this duty. Children, who have been educated in 
families, where there has been no form if godliness, where they have 
'been only accustomed to " set down to eat and to drink and to rise up 
to play ; " or to lie down to sleep, and rise up to labor, without any ac- 
knowledgments of the God in whom we live ; when they come to have 
families of their own, and -to be placed in one of the most important 
stations in society, though they are convinced of the reasonableness 
fef family worship, of the^fitness,' usefulness, and obligation of the duty % 
and their consciences are uneasy in the neglect ; vet they know not how 
'to begin, nor how to proceed ; every day's delay increases the difficulty, 
and they too often live all their days exposed to the threatening denoun- 
ced against those that call not upon the name of the Lord. But they 
^who have been educated in praying families, who have been taught 
from their youth the way and word of the Lord, have no plea of igno- 
rance or inexperience to present in their excuse, or to lessen their in- 
gratitude ; and the guilt of their omission must wear a deeper shade. 
As it ought to be for a lamentation, and must be for a -reproach, that 
any who have been trained up in the ways of the Lord, should leave off 
to be wise and to do good, so it is just matter of rejoicing and will be 
to praise and honor, where those, who have not been favored with these 
*arly advantages, break through all obstacles, surmount all difficul- 
ties, and consecrate their houses and families to God, b in exemplary, 
sincere, and stated devotion. May God make every house among us "a 
Bethel, and every head of a family a prophet and piiest in his owa 
fcouse. 



*4 

©farther, and the fostering hand of a mother, are al> 
most the only reliance and comfort of dutiful and affec- 
tionate children. You have reason also to be thankful, 
that, while there was great diversity in the riianner of your 
parents* death, one falling lingeringly and with repeat- 
ed strokes, and the other suddenly as with a single blow ; 
yet, we have ground to hope, that they have both cc come 
to their grave, as a shock of corn in its season fully ripe/* 
having secured that " good name which is better than 
precious ointment," and which renders " the day of 
death better than the day of one's birth.'* " I would not 
have you ignorant," saith the Apostle " concerning them 
that are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others 
that have no hope ; for if we believe that Jesus died, 
and rose again, so also them that sleep in Jesus, he will 
bring with him." " Wherefore, comfort one another 
with these words." 

It has been thought a tribute of respect, due to de- 
parted piety and worth, some just acknowledgment to 
God for the blessings conveyed through the channel of 
his servants, and a mean of admonishing, animating and 
quckening survivors, to recollect and delineate some of 
the more distinguishing traits, in the characters of those 
that are taken from us by death. It is presumed, it will 
therefore be expected, though aside from my usual prac- 
tice, that I should' now say something upon the life and 
character of the venerable servant of God, whose remains 
lie before us ready to be entombed. I will attempt a 
brief delineation ; hoping that some abler hand, some 

preacher who shall come after me, whose mind shall be 

more 



tnore at ease, than mine can be supposed to" be, will dci 
them more ample justice. 

The reverend Samuel Haven, Doctor in divinity, was 
born in Framingham Massachusetts, August the 4th 
1727, O. S. He was the elder son of Joseph Haven Esq; 
a man respectable for natural talents and usefulness in 
life. Being favored with a competent portion of wealth 
he destined this, and another son who still survives, to a 
liberal education. Dr. Haven was entered a member o£ 
Harvard College in 1 745, and received its customary 
honors in 1749 and 1752, a period memorable in ^ec- 
clesiastical history of our country, for an uncommon at- 
tention to the concerns of religion, and a remarkable 
change in the lives and manners of many. If our de- 
parted friend had not entered College with a view to the 
ministry, the existing state of things had an influence 
upon his course of study, and he left it with a determi- 
nation of entering into that sacred office. In the very 
general awakenings of that day, the Dr. was a partaker, 
and a great admirer of those preachers whose labors God 
appeared to own and to bless, and though he afterwards 
was constrained to view many things reprehensible, which 
were then approved, he always retained the persuasion, 
that it was a work of God, and a remarkable day of his 
power and grace. 

Having paid attention to previous theological studies, 
under the direction of a pious and judicious divine, he 
offered himself for examination before an association o£ 
ministers, in whom he raised such flattering expectations, 
that, I am told, it stands recorded in the diary of one of 
D (hern 



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them that they had much to hope for and expect, from" 
the ministerial labors of so promising a young man* 
With the approbation of his fathers in the ministry he 
commenced a preacher, and his popularity soon became 
conspicuous, he was zealous and acceptable. Before he 
had been three years from college, he was invited to preach 
in this church, rendered vacant by the early death of the 
Rev. Mr. Strong, who lived only long enough in the 
ministry, to raise, in all who knew him, the most prom- 
ising hopes and expectations. At the same time he was 
undera call to settle in the church at Brooklyne Massa- 
chusetts, a situation peculiarly agreeable to him, from its 
literary and social advantages, being in the vicinity of 
Boston, and of the university at Cambridge. But the 
unanimity of this people and the accompanying wishes 
of the town testified by their general respect, influenced 
the Doctor to sacrifice his inclination to what he thought 
his duty, and accept the invitation of this church and 
society. He received the charge of this church, and 
was ordained its pastor, in the month of May 1752, 
continuing in that relation, fn uncommon friendship 
harmony and affection with his people, till the third of 
this month, a period of almost 54 years, when the great 
head of the church released him from his vows by the 
messenger of death. 

Formed for society, and for relishing the pleasures, 
and needing the assistance of domestic life, he married* 
for his first wife, Miss Mehitable Appleton, daughter of 
the late venerable and pious Dr. Appleton of Cambridge, 
whose- praise in the church will long survive. With 
v - this 



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this wife of his youth, and partner of his joys and sorrows^ 
he lived till September 1777, when God was pleas- 
ed to summon her from him, leaving him a sorrowful 
widower with seven children, who have all been preserv- 
ed to be his honor and comfort, and who, settled almost- 
within call, lead the funeral procession, on this solemn 
occasion. The year following he married Mrs. Marga- 
ret Marshal, daughter of Mr. George Marshal^and relict 
of Capt. William Marshal. She had two daughters by 
her first husband, one of whom survives, to witness this 
solemn scene, the other, after a painful and lingering ill- 
ness, fell asleep. A constitutional activity, resolution, 
and firmness, admirably qualified Mrs. Haven to bear 
the cares, and perforn the duties of so large a family, 
" She was distinguished as one that looked well to the 
ways of her household, as a good economist, a very af- 
fectionate mother, a friend to the sick and the poor." 
By her the Dr. had six children, five of whom survive 
to swell the mournful procession which our eyes have 
seen. Though care, anxiety, and fatigue had lessened 
the vigor of Mrs. Haven's constitution, yet she was able 
to administer to her husband in the last months and 
weeks of his infirmity and decay 3 to perform the last 
kind offices of friendship and affection, and was expected 
to have been his sorrowful surviving widow, the princi- 
pal object of our present sympathy and condolence ; but, 
most solemn and affecting to relate, she accompanies her 
husband to the grave, and lies down together with him 
in the dust. 

Doctor 



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• * 

lector Haven was blest with a numerous family^ 
twelve children survive him, who are all here present be- 
dewing the hearse with their tears. The situation char- 
acter and deportment of those that are settled in life 2 
and our hopes and expectations from those that have 
not yet fixed a decided character, are an higher eulogy 
upon the talents of their parents for guiding, guarding, 
and forming their early years, and introducing them in- 
to life, than any words can be found to express. We 
hope the pleasing picture will be completed, and none cf 
our expectations disappointed. 

In intellectual endowments, the giver of every good \ 
and perfect gift was liberal to the Dr. These were cul- 
tivated and improved by application to study, which in. 
the former part of life, was close and assiduous. His 
genius was general and universal, leading him to attend 
to the general circle of science, rather than to render 
himself preeminent in any particular branch. By the 
sprightly powers of the mind which serve to render a 
man actively useful- in life, he was more distinguished 
than by those which lead to abstruse researches and a 
plodding investigation of dark and mysterious points. 
The Doctor would doubtless have suceeded in either of the 
learned, professions. He had paid considerable attention 
to the study of physic, and this increased his usefulness 
among his people, A number of occasional. poetic effu- 
sions, which he has given to the public, prove the liveli- 
ness of his imagination, and, the warmth of his heart :. 
but his inclination led him to the ministry, and it hap- 
pily coincided with the bent of his genius and with the 

design 



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design of providence; to introduce him to those offices 
and duties in which he was formed to shine. 

c ....... ... 

As a divine, the Dr, was moderately calvinistic, and 
uniformly evangelical,, As a sermomzer, he was correct, 
and when he chose, or ? when he thought the occasion 
required it, eminent. Though read in polemic divinity 
and well versed in the popular subjects of religious con- 
troversy, he did not ordinarily introduce such subjects 
into the desk thinking that they served to ie gender 
strife," rather than to promote edification. His com- 
mon sermons were plain, serious, and practical, his ap- 
plications, warm addresses to the heart and conscience. 
Upon occasional subjects the Dr. distinguished himself. 
The estimation in which he was held, by those who knew 
him, is best declared, by his being called to officiate up- 
on those various public occasions, where eminence and 
distinction are desired ; the manner in which he acquit- 
ted himself did honor to him, and to those who select- 
ed him*. At a later period of life than has been usual, 

when 

*Dr. Haven published twelve sermons. 

In 1760, a Convention Sermon preached at the request of the congre- 
gational ministers of Newhampshire. In 1761 a Sermon npon the Death 
of King George II. and the accession of King George III. to the throne 
of Great Britain. 

In 1763, a Sermon upon the Conclusion of the War, and the Resto- 
ration of Peace. In 1767 a Sermon at the Ordination of the Reverend 
Jeremy Belknap, at Dover. In the same year, a Sermon en the death 
of the Hon. Henry Sherburne. In 1768, a Sermon preached at Cain- 
bridge, Massachusetts, and published at the request of the students of 
college. In 1771, a Sermon preached at Medfield, Massachusetts, pub- 
lished by the desire of the hearers. In 1786, an Election Sermon, 
preached before the General Court of Newhampshire. In 1791, a 
Sermon at the interment of Rev. Benjamin Stevens, D. D. In 1714, a 
Sermon, on the Reasonableness and Importance of Practical Rcligion r 
preached in the South Church, Portsmouth* In 1798, a Dudleian Lec- 
ture Sermon, preached in Harvard College. In 1800, an Occasional 
Discourse, soon after the Ordination of the Rev. Timothy Aide a, jua. 
as his colleague. 



3 d 
when the Divhad passed his three score years and ten* 
lie was called to deliver the dudleian hcture in the uni- 
versity at Cambridge j if the discourse,, >hich has been, 
published to the world, does not contain all the energy 
and marks of study 5 which he would have thrown into 
It at an earlier period of life, it merited the distinction it 
received \ and Is an engaging exhibition of his esteem 
and affection for his alma mater ; and of that spirit of can- 
dor, Catholicism^ and charity, which singularly marked 
his advancing years f andspread- and extended as his day 
declined.* - 

The Doctor's delivery was manly and interesting, 
and, when so far engaged as to have it all his own, to 
feel nothing but his subject and the presence of God, 
the most careless and indisposed hearer could not but 
attend to him: But 

* To an excess of this spirit, so consonant to the genius of the times, 
"with reference to religion, rather than to any ground of conviction from 
the word of God, we, must attribute it, that the "Doctor in the latter 
part of life, was disposed "privately to speculate with Doctor Chauncy, 
on the sentiments of universal salvation, and a final restitution of all 
thing," which the writer of his character, in the Portsmouth Oracle, 
whe enjoyed his intimate friendship and confidence, has told us he was. 
But his doubt of its being a revealed sentiment, or capable of support 
from the sacred scriptures, is fairly concluded from bis never giving 
it publicity from the desk, and his apprehensions of its being like the 
house built on the sand, against confidence in which the Being cf 
infinite benevolence has graciously admonished us, are unequivocally 
declared by his frank confession, " that be never meant to risk his sal- 
vation upon that ground.'*- May none of those who respect the Dr. 
run greater risks than he did, nor presume to rest their future hopes 
upon a sentiment that cannot be supported by a Thus^ saith the 
Lord. 

Perfection we do not claim for any mortal, the claim for. ourselves or 
others would u prove us perverse. ,s To pretend that our dear depart - 
ed friend had no infirmities or defects, would be to say that he did not 
belong to the family of man. But those which .we should notice and 
acknowledge, seemed to arise from a veneration.^ and respect for dis- 
tinguished excellence ; a desire to please, an unwillingness to alarm, or 
give pain to any ; and from a charity that knew no bounds. He whose 
mantle was so broad and extensive, certainly has a claim to the skirt 
qfoure. 



3* 

But it was as, a son of consolation, in the extensive im* 
port of the phrase, that the Dr. excelled. He had a 
happy talent for all extempore services. In prayer, he 
was copious, devout, and pertinent, able to accomodate 
himself to any incidental occurrences, or peculiar cir- 
cumstances, without embarrassment or perplexity. In 
extempore exhortation^ he appeared to have the best ar- 
guments and motives ready at hand, to have language 
at command in which to convey them, and to be him- 
self deeply impressed with them, It was in the tender 
and sympathetic however that the Dr. excelled. He 
had an appropriate talent for scenes of affliction, sorrow* 
and death, in these he was, indeed, the son of consolation. 
Many here have been witnesses, and they who have can 
never forget, with what tenderness and sympathy he vi- 
sited the sick, conversed with them upon spiritual 
things, opened to them the treasures of instruction and 
consolation contained in the gospel, and commended 
them to God and the power of grace. At the couch of 
the dying, and at the house of mourning, he deeply par- 
ticipated in the distress he saw, and mingled his tear's 
with those who wept. On funeral occasions, in those 
addresses that have been usual here, at entombing the 
body, the Dr. appeared in a manner inspired. For va^ 
riety, copiousness, tenderness and pertinency of address, 
he was rarely equalled, never exceeded ; and often ren- 
dered instrumental of awakening the careless, convincing 
the unconvinced, confounding the infidel, and comfor- 
ting the sorrowful ; many have attributed their first 
awakenings and convictions to his addresses on these oc- 
casions 



casions, which led the Dr. once to make this remark 
" that hs thought it not unlikely they had been more 
profitable than his stated sermons." 

It is devoutly wished that the bereaved family and 
flock had such z son of consolation> to minister to them 
now in the day of their calamity. But> my friends, of 
this privilege you are deprived, adopt, as a present sub- 
stitute, a tender remembrance and recollection of the 
counsels and consolations you received from him while 
living, and let him in them still speak to you ; and, 
cease not to pray, unitedly and alone, that God would 
repair the breaches that he has made, and send you 
another comforter who may abide and tarry with you 
'for your furtherance and joy of faith. Study to prepare 
yourselves for this gift by a due humiliation for your 
neglect and misimprovment of past privileges, and by 
an affectionate practical " remembrance of those that 
have had the rule over you, who have spoken unto you 
the word of life, whose faith follow considering the end 
of their conversation " 

Your parent and pastor now sleeps in death, neither 
the honors that he received from abroad and at home,* 
nor the talents that he received from the great Lord of 
all, nor the benefits and comfort which he ministered to 
you, could prevent the approach of infirmity and de- 
cay, or ward off the stroke of death. As years increas- 
ed, the Dr. relaxed his closeness of study and habits of 

application 

* Early in life the university at Edinburgh conferred the degree of 
doctor in divinity, and the university at Dartmouth Newhampshire, 
some years after conferred the same honor upon our departed friend- 



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application, devoting most of his time to parochial visits? 
in which he was persuaded he was more useful to his 
people, than in preparing new sermons upon subjects 
that he had already thoroughly canvassed* in days of 
greater vigor and vivacity. He was able to preach with 
very little interruption, till he had filled up his three- 
score years and ten, a period longer than most ministers 
are indulged. Since that time, though he was able oc- 
casionally to assist his colleague, and to continue his 
visits among his people, his infirmities increased, and 
mental and bodily vigor failed, so that his days were prin- 
cipally labor and sorrow, yielding but little comfort to 
himself, or to those who were tenderly interested in hinu 
Now they are closed, at the age of almost fourscore 
years, and this place and this people, who have known 
him so long," must know him no more forever. ,, May 
God sanctify this providence to you, and teach you to 
profit by it, that the fruits of the death of your aged 
parent and pastor may be an hundredfold mdre, than 
Were those of his life. May he preserve you in harmo- 
ny and in the love of the truth, " as a city that is com- 
pact together,".and may he speedily send you another 
Barnabas, who, being full of grace and of the holy ghost, 
shall be gladdened with beholding your order, and the 
stedfastness of your faith while he shall be instrumental 
" of adding much people to the Lord," 

And shall not we, my brethren in the ministry, ad- 
monished by these providences, be quickened to greater 
activity and diligence in our masters service, and in the 
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appropriate' duties of our office. The charge we hav& 
received is solemn, our responsibility great, and the ac- 
count we must give of ourselves and of our people such 
as may lead us frequently to anticipate death and judg- 
ment. Have we any time to spend, any time to torn 
use, any time to devote to other purposes than those 
which have a favorable aspect upon the duties of our 
office ? The example of our divine master, the charge 
we have received from him, the hazardous state of sin- 
ners, the certainty of death, the uncertainty of the time 
and the solemnity of judgment, seperately and unitedly 
call upon us to be up and doing ; to be " instant in sea- 
son and out of season" that we may u save our own 
souls, and the souls of those that hear us." With some 
of us M the day is far spent* the night is at hand." Our 
file leaders in the christian ministry have fallen, they 
have finished their warfare, we are brought into the fore- 
most rank, and stand the fairest mark for the arrow of 
death. Let us animate with our zeal, activity, and cour- 
age those that are coming after us, and " fight the good 
fight of faith," till we shall have finished our course, and 
accomplished the work which our Master hath given us 
to do. It is a day of rebuke and trouble, a day of re- 
markable visitation upon the church and people of God, 
a day that calls for ministerial zeal, firmness, and pru- 
dence ; let us with humble confidence in our master, 
with reliance upon his promised presence and aid, 
and a becoming concern for the honor of his name, 
£#ind in our lot, and quit ourselves like men, till 
we shall be called to " follow those, who through faith 

and patience inherit the promises/ ■ 

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To this numerous assembly, this multitude of precious 
and immortal souls, who have come together to behold 
this sad spectacle, what shall I say ? My friends, you 
here see the end of man, the end to which we are all 
tending, in which our present lives must issue. We are 
bound out of time into a vast eternity, death is the door 
through which we must pass, to that hitherto untried, 
that unchanging state. To. us this door may be opened 
every moment, and we be summoned to the presence 
and bar of God. Are we ready for this solemn appear- 
ance ? Do we love God ? Are we reconciled to him ? Do 
we believe in Christ ? Are we possessed of that Jioliness 
which conforms us to him ? " Without holiness no 
man shall see the Lord " « He that believeth not is 
condemned already, and shall not see life, but the wrath 
of God abideth on him," solemn declarations ! let them 
enter into all our hearts, and excite us to attend, in this 
our day, with becoming earnestness, to the things of our 
peace, before they are forever hidden from our eyes. May- 
God sanctify this solemn scene which your eyes behold 
to awaken and quicken you : to revive a remembrance 
of the many counsels and warnings, exhortations and in- 
treaties, which, accompanied with many tears,, most of you 
have heard from those lips which are now closed in death. 
From those lips you can no more hear the words of life ; 
but you must meet him who has spoken them to you, at 
the bar of God, c remember how you have heard, and 
received, and repent.' And let these solemn providen- 
ces impress upon us all the admonition of the Savior, 
<c Be ye also ready, for at such an hour as yo$ think not 3 
the Son of man cometh." 



MONODY 

ON THE DEATH OF. 

SAMUEL HAVEN, D. |h 

AND HIS CONSORT 

Mrs, MARGARET HAVEN; 
By James A. Neal, A. M. 



The chamber where the good man meets his fate, 

Is privileged beyond the common walk 

Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven. 

Young. 



PRINTED BY 

yt. & D. TREADWELL, 

PORTSMOUTH, N. H. 



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Hen 1 fragile humanum genus / heu ! terrestria vayt& A 
Heu I quam s/iectatum J continet urna virum .'/ 

JL HE sainted spirit of the good and just^ 
Leaves dull mortality, and quits- the dust j 
With a celestial convoy, see it rise, 
On buoyant wings, to mingle with the skies j 
Where tribes innum'rous hail a kindred soul, 
While exultation pure, pervades the whole. 

We mourn his loss — the friends of Zion, mourn^ 
And pious tears bedew his sacred urn : 
Genius and science droop— their fav'rite son. 
From earthly mansions, is forever gone ; 
No more that luminous and cultur'd mind ? 
With erudition fraught, ' by taste refin'd, 
Will from its treasuries of truth impart, 
To cheer, instruct, and humanize the heart ; 
No more with glowing eloquence, controul, 
And lull, the phrenzied tumult of the soul ; 
Or calm the mind, to gloomy doubts a prey, 
" Allure to brighter worlds, and lead the way." 

Taught in the school of Christ, his tender heart, 
With sorrow shar'd, more than a brother's part ; 
And with a sympathetic soul sincere, 
Breath' d the warm sigh, and shed the tender tear. 

Bless'd SYMPATHY ! thou precious boon of heav'n, 
To soothe, exalt, and charm, to mortals giv'n : 
Benignant form i ! with friend^ eye serene, 
Supernal graces animate thy mien ; 
Unborrowed charms thy countenance adorn, 
Soft, genial, placid— like the tints of morn I 
O may'st thou still, in many bosoms reign, 
To soothe affliction, and to banish pain 1 
Still may thy gentle sway, be deep impress'd, 
In many a faithful preacher's fervid breast j 

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From him may numbers catch the glowing flame^ 
{Alike in sympathy, alike in fame,) 
And wipe like him, from sorrow's eye the tear. 
And calm the wild solicitude of fear. 

But hark I new sounds of anguish and despair, 
Ff&dt v 6n the bosom ot the troubled air : 
From eyes just drained and dimm'd with recent woe> 
See streaming tears afresh, unbidden flow i 
Another conquest crowns the victor death, 
A Mother mo£t beloved — resigns her breath !— . 
Twice the unerring archer aim'd his dart, 
And twice—- too sure, it reach'd the destin'd heart 1 

Her soul impatient of its house of clay, 
Seeks fairer regions, and immortal day, 
Follows her late lov*d partner to his home, 
Where neither change, nor misery, can come ; 
But Where imparadis'd in realms of light, 
Their souls rejoice in bliss, " day without night. *\ 

No more alas I a weeping offspring share, 
A mother's tender love — a father's care ; 
No more— but hush ! let resignation meek, 
Assuage their grief, and dry the tearful cheek, 
*Tis HIS to call his progeny away ; 
9 Tis ours with meek submission to obey.; 
" 'Tis reason's self" to see, to feel, and own s 
HE rules in justice, as HE rules alone I 

Though to your hearts as life's warm current dear> 
Would you recal your happy parents here, 
Again to stem life's vain tempestuous sea, 
Dash'd with the waves of human misery ? 
No ;— their reward is great, their joys r'efih'dj 
Drawn pure, unsullied, from ethereal mind. 
Then check the falling tear, the rising sigh, 
Jnd icarn of than to live, of them> to die I 



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